Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Daniel Lee Osborn

Shawn Crispin Wright

Kathleen Patricia Mulcahy

Jason A Carter

Kevin Geisner

Daniel Joseph McCulloch

Brian James Mount

Anthony James Ambrus

Anatolie Gavriliuc

Kyungsuk David Lee

Christopher Harley Willoughby

Nahil Tawfik Sharkasi

Michelle Tze Hiang Chua

David C Haley, Jr

Albert Robles

Patrick C Ryan

Dave Hill

Andrew R Campbell

Scott Anderson Nagy

Stephen G Latta

Relja Markovic

Darren Bennett

Alexandru Octavian Balan

Jeffrey Jesus Evertt

Kudo Tsunoda

Mike Scavezze

Andrew Jackson Klein

Justin Avram Clark

Darren Alexander Bennett

Charla Marie Pereira

Enrico William Guld

Evan Lewis Jones

David J W Seymour

Kin Hang Chu

Helen Joan Hem Lam

Heather Joanne Alekson

William Axel Olsen

Peter Glenn Sarrett

Michael Edward Harnisch

Struan Andrew Robertson

Michael A Spalding

William Robert Schnurr

Adam Roy Mitchell

Zachary D Wiesnoski

Greg Snook

Various methods and systems, for implementing three-dimensional resource integration, are provided. 3D resource integration includes integration of 3D resources into different types of functionality, such as, operating system, file explorer, application and augmented reality functionality. In operation, an indication to perform an operation with a 3D object is received. One or more 3D resource controls, associated with the operation, are accessed. The 3D resource control is a defined set of instructions on how to integrate 3D resources with 3D objects for generating 3D-based graphical interfaces associated with application features and operating system features. An input based on one or more control elements of the one or more 3D resource controls is received. The input includes the one or more control elements that operate to generate a 3D-based graphical interface for the operation. Based on receiving the input, the operation is executed with the 3D object and the 3D-based graphical interface.

Three-dimensional resource integration system

A method, medium, and virtual object for providing a virtual representation with an attribute are described. The virtual representation is generated based on a digitization of a real-world object. Properties of the virtual representation, such as colors, shape similarities, volume, surface area, and the like are identified and an amount or degree of exhibition of those properties by the virtual representation is determined. The properties are employed to identify attributes associated with the virtual representation, such as temperature, weight, or sharpness of an edge, among other attributes of the virtual object. A degree of exhibition of the attributes is also determined based on the properties and their degrees of exhibition. Thereby, the virtual representation is provided with one or more attributes that instruct presentation and interactions of the virtual representation in a virtual world.

Adding attributes to virtual representations of real-world objects

The present disclosure provides approaches to facilitating virtual reality and cross-device experiences. In some implementations, an environmental snapshot is captured which includes an image of a virtual reality (VR) environment presented on a VR device and corresponding depth information of the VR environment. The image of the environmental snapshot is presented on a different device than the VR device. A user modification to content associated with the presented image is translated into the environmental snapshot based on the depth information. The environmental snapshot comprising the user modification is translated into the VR environment. The VR environment comprising the translated user modification is presented. The environmental snapshot may correspond to a personal space of a user and may be accessed by another user through a social networking interface or other user networking interface to cause the presentation of the image.

Virtual reality and cross-device experiences

A system and method are disclosed relating to a pipeline for generating a computer model of a target user, including a hand model of the user's hands, captured by an image sensor in a NUI system. The computer model represents a best estimate of the position of a user's hand or hands and whether the hand or hand is in an open or closed state. The generated hand model may be used by a gaming or other application to determine such things as user gestures and control actions.

System for recognizing an open or closed hand

A system and method are disclosed relating to a pipeline for generating a computer model of a target user, including a hand model of the user's hands and fingers, captured by an image sensor in a NUI system. The computer model represents a best estimate of the position and orientation of a user's hand or hands. The generated hand model may be used by a gaming or other application to determine such things as user gestures and control actions.

System for finger recognition and tracking

A virtual skeleton includes a plurality of joints and provides a machine readable representation of a human target observed with a three-dimensional depth camera. A relative position of a hand joint of the virtual skeleton is translated as a gestured aiming vector control, and a virtual weapon is aimed in proportion to the gestured aiming vector control.

First person shooter control with virtual skeleton

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